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Patented Sept.. 2, i902. J. B. TAIT.

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(Application led Apr. 25, 1902.)

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JOI-IN BIJACKFAN TAIT, `OF HIGI-IBRIDGE, NEV JERSEY.

SULKY.

SPECIFICATION forming part Cf Letters Patent No. 708,426, datedSeptember 2, 1902.

Serial No. 104,643. (No model.)

To ntl/ r11/1.071?, it' may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BLACKFAN TATT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Highbridge, in the county of Hunterdon and State ofNew Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Sulky, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in racing-snlkies, the objectbeing to provide a sulky with the wheels so arranged as to have alateral swinging or tilting motion with relation to the sulky-axle, soas to prevent side slipping of thevehicle while turning curves andincidentally relieving the Wheels of considerable lateral strain.

I will describe a sulky embodying my invention and then point ont thenovel features in the appended. claims.

Reference isto be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a sulky einbodying my invention, andFig. 2 is a plan View of a portion thereof.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the curved or arched axle, onthe upper portion i of which is a standard 2, and on this standard thedrivers seat 3 is pivoted so as to swing downward toward one side of thesulky. The spindles 4 for the wheels 5 are pivotally connected, as at 6,to the lower ends of the axles, and yokes 7 connect with the inner andouter ends of the spindles and pass up over the Wheels, and the upperends of the opposite yokes are connected to a shifting bar S. The saidshifting bar, as here shown, is pivoted to clips 9, attached to theyokes. The shifting bar for the purpose of strength may be also arched,and it is made in upper and lower sections connected by vertical postsl0. The center vertical post 10 passes through a loop 1l, attached tothe axle, and therefore the longitudinal movement of the shifting barislimited by the center post 10, engaging with an end wall of the loop.A chain 12 is conp nected to one side of the seat 3 and passes around apulley 13, supported on the axle l, and is connectedrat its outer endwith the draw-bar S, as indicated at 14. From the opposite side of theseat a chain 15 extends around a pulley 16, supported on the axle, andis connected to the draw-bar, as at 17.

In operation when the vehicle is traveling on a straight course thedriver will sit upright or practically so, which holds the seat 3 insubstantially horizontal position, and consequently holds the wheels innormal vcrtical position. Upon turning a curve, however, the drivernaturally swings his body inward, and this movement of the body causesthe rocking of the seat, and through the medium of the chains 12 and 15the spindles will be rocked or swung on the axle so that the wheels assume the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the lower portionsof the wheels being inclined toward the outer side of the track, andthus slipping is practically prevented. Upon again reaching a straightcourse the driver by straightening his body brings the Wheels back tonormal po` sition.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent.-

1. In a sulky, an axle, wheel-spindles having swinging connection withthe axle, yokes extended upward from the spindles, a shifting barconnecting with said yokes, a rocking seat on the axle, connectionsbetween said seat and said bar, a post carried by the bar, and a loop onthe axle through which said post passes, substantially as specified.

l2. In a sulky, an axle, wheel-spindles pivoted to the axle, yokesextended upward from the spindles, a shifting bar having pivotalconnection with said yokes, a seat mounted to rock on the axle, pulleyssupported on the axle, and chains extended from the opposite Asides otthe seat around said pulleys and connected with opposite ends oftheshifting bar, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specilication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. p

JOI-IN BLACKFAN TAIT.

Witnesses:

WM. F. LATIMER, L. N. ALLER.

